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SUMMARY:Harnessing light-matter interactions at the nanoscale for heat and
  power generation
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Giulia Tagliabue\, Thomas J. Watson Sr. Laboratories of Ap
 plied Physics\, California Institute of Technology\nThe ability to work an
 d “engineer” with matter at the nanoscale guided by rational scientifi
 c principles enables unprecedented control of heat\, mass and charge trans
 port\, paving the way to radically new technologies. Notably\, nanoscale d
 esign links diverse processes across multiple scales in time and space and
  transforms traditional approaches to transport engineering and thermal ma
 nagement. \n\nIn this talk I will show that by harnessing the intimate in
 terplay of light\, heat and electronics conceptually novel systems may be 
 created to address problems in energy\, sustainability\, and heat manageme
 nt. Hence\, I will show that through rational nano-structuring\, efficient
  sunlight harvesting across large areas can be achieved in the extreme lim
 it of nanometer-scale thickness. I will also demonstrate that by exploitin
 g science-guided design at the nanoscale\, ultra-rapid heaters with neglig
 ible thermal inertia and atomically-thin solar-cells can be created. Furth
 er\, I will show that\, by controlling non-equilibrium light-material inte
 ractions\, new avenues for nanoscale interfacial transport and chemistry e
 merge.\n\nI will therefore illustrate how\, by using ultrashort lived exci
 ted-state phenomena\, some of the key environmental problems facing us in 
 the XXI century can be addressed. I will conclude by outlining transformat
 ive opportunities offered by nanoscale design for radiative heat-transfer\
 , energy-storage\, and thermo-nanofluidics that have the potential to shap
 e the relevant technology landscape of the future.\n \nBio: Dr. Giulia Ta
 gliabue obtained her B.S. and M.S degrees cum laude in Mechanical Engineer
 ing from the University of Udine in Italy. Concurrently she also obtained 
 the diploma from the Scuola Normale Superiore of Udine. In 2009\, during a
 nd after her master thesis project\, she was a research assistant in the g
 roup of Prof. Thome at EPFL. She later joined ETH Zurich in the group of P
 rof. Poulikakos and in 2015 she obtained her PhD in Mechanical Engineering
  with a thesis on nanophotonic designs for light-to-heat and light-to-char
 ge conversion devices. Since 2015 Dr. Tagliabue has joined the group of Pr
 of. Atwater at Caltech as a Swiss National Science Foundation PostDoctoral
  Fellow. In collaboration with the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthe
 sis (JCAP) she investigates coupled light\, heat and charge transfer proce
 sses in nanophotonic structures and low-dimensional materials for photoele
 ctrochemical and photothermal sustainable energy conversion.  \n 
LOCATION:MED 0 1418 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418
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